Verbos após prevent

Verbos após “prevent”

De acordo com o Macmillan Dictionary, verbos usados como objeto do verbo prevent devem receber o sufixo -ing. Veja:

Prevent someone/something doing something; e
Prevent someone/something from doing something.

Exemplos:
They tried to prevent me leaving. (certo)
They tried to prevent me from leaving. (certo)
They tried to prevent me to leave. (errado)